During the summer time, we've got plenty of time and we should try to do things that we have been procastinating all along the year. Most of the tasks are related to tidying places and putting away things you won't need any more.
Listening exercise: Do you need to declutter your home? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
Which items would you declutter at home, in your room or in the garage? Hint: Decluttering checklist
Top tips to joyfully declutter your home, from Marie Kondo (The Guardian)
How decluttering your home can help create a calm mind (BBC News)
How to declutter your home - BBC London
Learning English from the News: Texas hit by deadly floods (BBC Learning English)
Solutions to the exam...
1- d (lines 11-12) 2- a (line 10)
3: True (lines 1-2). “Spring (marks many changes and, for many people around the world, the beginning of Daylight Saving Time (DST).) The idea behind the clock shift is to make better use of sunlight.”
4: True. (lines 6-7): “It wasn't until resources became limited during World War I that Germany decided to go ahead with a clock-changing plan, implementing the first DST in 1916.”
5: True. (lines 10-11): “(Studies reveal that) changing clocks brings about an increase in heart attacks and fatal car accidents.”
6: False. (lines 13-14): “(All in all, the time shift is becoming more and more unpopular around the world, since) people today are fond of going out after work and it’s obviously nicer doing so when it’s lighter outside.”
7.1: sunrise (line 5) 7.2: accident (line 11) 8.1: fire (line 5) 8.2: ahead (line 6)
9- d (lines 7-9) 10- b (lines 12-14)
11: F (lines 2-3) “(Despite Juneteenth’s storied history,) the holiday had largely gone unnoticed by non-Black Americans for long.”
12: TRUE (lines 3-4) “It was the Black Lives Matter movement that pushed Juneteenth into the national spotlight(, following decades of activists’ calls for recognition of the landmark occasion).”
13: FALSE (lines 8-9) “The former slaves immediately began to celebrate with prayer, feasting, song and dance.”
14: TRUE (lines 10-11) “(They included prayer meetings and the singing of spirituals, and) celebrants wore new clothes as a way of representing their newfound freedom.”
15.1: prohibit (line 12) 15.2: struggle (line 16) 16.1: facility (line 12) 16.2: barbecue (line 14)
USE OF ENGLISH
17.1 waking up 17.2. has just put off 18.1 so that 18.2 from
19. Did they build this cathedral in the 17th century?
20. The building isn’t being cleaned at the moment.
21. How long have you been living in Dublin?
22. During the prom, James met Sheryl, who he immediately fell in love with.
23. Ken got / had his car repaired yesterday.
24. I would have gone by train.
25. I don't know where he went on holiday last summer.
26. "You should/ought to take more exercise", said the doctor.
27. They announced that they were moving to a new appartment the next month.
28. Would you mind waiting for me in the car?
Further information about Juneteenth:
The Truth About Juneteenth | Black History Explainer & What is Juneteenth, and why is it important? - Ted Talk
SUMMER REVISION >> Activities for my students in 1º ESO
Exercise 4: Subject and object pronouns (Oxford University Press)
Exercise 3: Possessive adjectives (Oxford University Press)
Question words (Englisch Hilfen)
November >>> Possible questions to ask in the exam so far
And remember that all the activities proposed will be compiled in my site: Summer Revision for 1º ESO
SUMMER REVISION >> Activities for my students in 3º ESO:
Agreeing and disagreeing
Solution to the exercises in the previous post:
Exercises to do. Fill in the gaps with PREFER / 'D PREFER / 'D RATHER
1. prefers 2. I'd rather 3. We'd prefer 4. I'd rather 5. Children used to prefer
6. We'd rather 7. We'd rather 8. My parents prefer
9. I'd rather you helped more with the housework 10. I'd rather drink some water
11. She'd rather not stay at home all day 12. They'd stay in a hotel rather than sleep in a tent
Here's my musical hint to make your decluttering more enjoyable: Something good by Velveteen. And now here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.
Here are some more activities for my students:
Ask BBC Learning English: How to be polite in English (BBC Learning English)
English in a MINUTE: Phrases with BLUE (BBC Learning English)
Real Easy English: Talking about confidence (BBC Learning English)
Office English: Presentations (BBC Learning English)
Sally's interview - JORDAN - #HUMAN
English with Lucy: If you know these 15 C2-level words, your English is the MAXIMUM level!
"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"
